is MaaS dead?
March 20, 2024
In the FEB 2024 Editorial our CEO Stefano Mainero talked about Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and its difficulty of becoming a proper system that could be widely adopted to incentivise the use
Author: stefano.mainero
CCC says UK government is falling short on adapting for climate change
March 18, 2024
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) says UK government is falling short on adapting for climate change. CCC has published its report on the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) published by ministers last July,
February 2024 Editorial – EPN Consulting Newsletter
February 29, 2024
A couple of days ago I attended the 2024 ITS UK Conference in Manchester (UK), organised within the larger “Interchange” event. The conference had excellent speakers and discussed challenging topics that made the
January 2024 Editorial – EPN Consulting Newsletter
January 29, 2024
The “2024 World Economic Forum (WEF)” has recently ended and the Special Address by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, hopefully generated some concerns in the participants (video). He said that, although 2023 was the
The Roman Empire’s Worst Plagues Were Linked to Climate Change
January 28, 2024
The sixth-century C.E. (aka BC) Plague of Justinian was “a pestilence, by which the whole human race came near to being annihilated”, according to the Byzantine historian Procopius. Up to half the population
Where in Europe has the best and worst Internet speeds?
January 10, 2024
We spend on average over six hours a day on the Internet. This could be a very productive use of your time or an infuriating experience, depending on whether your Internet connection is
Extreme Weather Has Long-Term Health Consequences
December 29, 2023
When Hurricane Otis smashed into Acapulco, Mexico, in October, the Category 5 storm left a trail of devastation in its wake. Because weather models had predicted that Otis would make landfall as a
December 2023 Editorial – EPN Consulting Newsletter
December 24, 2023
As usual for this season’s holidays, I returned to my hometown, Turin, which is the capital of the Piedmont region (NW Italy). The name means at the foot of the mountains. I remember
The UK’s association to the world-leading Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes has been officially sealed
December 12, 2023
Following the news on 7th Sept 2023 the UK and EU had found an agreement about the UK re-joining the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes, on 4th Dec 2023 the agreement was sealed.